Improvement in hat-holders for seats



CHARLES SHAW AND BERNARD YAEGER, OF HENRY, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAT=HOLDERS FOR SEATS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 162,109, dated April 13, 1875; application filed March 15, 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, CHARLES SHAW and B. YAEGER, of Henry, in the county of Marshall and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat- Ilolders for Seats; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

The nature of our invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a hat-holder or hat-rack, to be used under pews, benches, chairs, or similar places, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which our invention appertains to make and use the same, we will now proceed to decrlbeits construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which Figure 1 is arear elevation of a bench with our hat-holder attached thereto; and Fig. 2 is a bottom View ofthe same.

A represents a bench, on the under side of which is fastened a plate, B. A rod, 0, is firmly fastened to this plate and extends vertically downward. On this rod, near the lower end, are fastened two plates, D D. These parts should be so arranged that the plates D I) should project a little beyond the rear edge of the seat. A spring-wire, of suitable thickness, is bentto form the round or circular holder E, the ends of the wire forming arms a a. The

ends of these arms are bent downward at right angles and passed through the two plates 1) D, and upset at their extreme lower ends, so that they cannot come out. hen the holder E is turned outward, in rear of the seat, the arms a a are parallel with each other. The hat is then placed in the holder, after which it is turned forward under the seat. The arms a a then cross each other, as shown in Fig. 2, and, after they pass a certain point, the natural spring of the wire has a tendency to retain the 11 older under the seat.

This hat-holder may be applied to pews, benches, chairs, or in any place where desired.

Having thus fully described our invention, What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A hat-holder made of wire, and arranged under a seat, to be thrown out and in as re.- quired, and held in each position by the spring of the wire, substantially as herein set forth.

2. The wire hat-holder E, formed with arms a a, having its ends Z) I) bent at right angles and inserted in the plates 1) I), attached to the vertical rod 0, under a seat, all substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we aifix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES SHAW, BERNARD YAEGER. Witnesses:

JOSEPH SOHIOK, JAS. THORP. 

